# Annie — The Conjure Woman character guide

> Annie in The Conjure Woman by Charles W. Chesnutt.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Miss Annie, Mis' Annie, young Mis

**First appearance:** 0000-the-goophered-grapevine

## Snapshot

The narrator's wife, a Northern-bred woman whose sympathetic ear draws out Uncle Julius's most tragic tales of slavery and conjure.

## Who they are

Annie is the compassionate listener whose questions prompt Julius to share stories that her husband might never have heard. Her Northern upbringing and genuine empathy create a space where Julius can reveal the darker side of slavery through the veil of folklore. She matters because her presence transforms the tales from mere entertainment into testimony, and her reactions guide the reader's own moral response.

## Relationships

### [Uncle Julius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/characters/uncle_julius)

_social_

Annie is the wife of the Northern narrator and listens to Uncle Julius's stories with curiosity and sympathy.

### [Mars Dugal' McAdoo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/characters/mars_dugal_mcadoo)

_social_

Annie knows of Mars Dugal' through her husband's stories and views him as a typical antebellum slaveholder.

### [Mars Dugal' McAdoo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/characters/mars_dugal_mcadoo)

_social_

Annie knows of Mars Dugal' through her husband's stories and views him as a typical antebellum slaveholder.

### [Uncle Julius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/characters/uncle_julius)

_social_

Annie is the wife of the Northern narrator and listens to Uncle Julius's stories with curiosity and sympathy.

### [Uncle Julius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/characters/uncle_julius)

_social_

Annie is the wife of the Northern narrator and listens to Uncle Julius's stories with curiosity and sympathy.

### [Mars Dugal' McAdoo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/characters/mars_dugal_mcadoo)

_social_

Annie knows of Mars Dugal' through her husband's stories and views him as a typical antebellum slaveholder.

## In the story

### [The Goophered Grapevine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/the-goophered-grapevine)

The narrator's wife, who listens to Julius's story and is evidently impressed by it.

### [Po' Sandy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/po-sandy)

The narrator's wife, who listens to Julius's story and allows the seceders to use the old schoolhouse for meetings.

### [Mars Jeems's Nightmare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/mars-jeems-s-nightmare)

The narrator's wife, who expresses indignation at the neighbor's cruelty to his horse.

### [The Conjurer's Revenge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/the-conjurer-s-revenge)

The narrator's wife, who is present during Julius's visit and initially dismisses his story as nonsense.

### [Sis' Becky's Pickaninny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/sis-becky-s-pickaninny)

Suffers from melancholy; listens to Julius's story and begins to recover afterward.

### [The Gray Wolf's Ha'nt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/the-gray-wolf-s-ha-nt)

The narrator's wife, who asks Julius to tell a story to relieve the rainy day's dullness.

### [Hot-Foot Hannibal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/hot-foot-hannibal)

The narrator's wife; she initially insists on the short road but changes her mind after Julius's story, and later helps orchestrate the meeting between Mabel and Malcolm.

### [Other Julius Tales](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/other-julius-tales)

The narrator's wife, who listens to Julius's stories.

### [Dave’s Neckliss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/dave-s-neckliss)

Invites Julius to dinner and serves the ham.

### [Lonesome Ben](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/lonesome-ben)

Accompanies the narrator on the drive and asks Julius about the clay-eating woman.

### [A Victim of Heredity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conjure_woman_se/chapters/a-victim-of-heredity)

Annie rebukes Julius for slandering his race, but listens to his explanation.

## Links

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